Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks

We investigate opinion dynamics as a stochastic process in social networks. We introduce the stubborn agent in order to determine the impact of network structure on the emergence of consensus. Depending on the fraction of undirected long-range connections, we observe fascinatingly rich dynamical beh...

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Main Authors: Hui Xie, Guangjian Li, Yongjie Yan, Sihui Shu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3173016